Economy and Innovation - Analysis and Consulting
Changes with far-reaching economic implications are happening before our eyes nowadays. An accelerating process of digitalisation of the economy and the working world is under way, and the rapid rise of Asian economies, and especially the Chinese economy, is creating tensions in terms of international trade and security. It is worrying how often current debates in Western industrialised nations - including in Europe - are characterised by self-doubt regarding market democracy models.
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung attaches importance to observing and analysing economic developments and challenges and global innovations, in order to help shape German policy with its advice.
The Economy and Innovation department thus provides policy recommendations for both a national and a European economic and innovation policy, which is distinguished by a solid conception of how to achieve future prosperity and offers responses to urgent questions: What products, services and business models will, in the future, help to create prosperity in Germany and Europe? What regulatory framework, what incentives and what ethical guard rails are needed to promote innovation and thus increase our competitiveness? How does European economic policy provide an overarching framework for the 27 member states and what are the priorities with respect to international partners?
The Economy and Innovation department offers suggestions on how the economic dynamism of Germany and Europe can be preserved while being made compatible with crucial ecological requirements. This gives rise to blueprints for a future combining the power of the market economy and the wealth of people’s ideas with cautious public policy.
We are convinced that the social market economy has a future. Its principles - freedom, individual responsibility, competition, the performance principle and social redistribution - have proven themselves in the long run and are the basis for Germany’s current economic situation. It is an economic system that will allow us to shape imminent processes of adjustment in a transformative way, which is open to different solutions, and to tackle challenges resulting from systemic competition with confidence. This is the background to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s “Social Market Economy” prize, which is awarded annually and is housed in the Economy and Innovation department.
Selected projects of our department
Exclusive and selected projects of our department (possibly in cooperation with other departments or external partners) are presented in the following overview.
Data protection and data trust
Hidden Innovators
Artificial intelligence (AI) from a global perspective
Sustainability Navigator - Change through Innovation
Open Data and Open Government
Quantum computers and their significance for society
Competition policy in the digital world
Science Network of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Topic pages of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
We are significantly involved in the following KAS-wide thematic pages. Here you will regularly find various contributions (including publications and events) from our department.
Publications to the topic
Von der Idee zur Innovation
Staatliche Förderung ist mehr als Geld
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung/Kai Bodo Schläfke
Immersive Technologien und der Hype um das Metaverse
Im „forum digital“ diskutierten Politik, Wirtschaft und Forschung die Potentiale von virtuellen Realitäten
Pixabay / alejobaron
Decarbonising the transport sector in the Global South
Possibilities, challenges, and reciprocities on the road to climate-neutral mobility
Freepik/rawpixel.com
A Plea for Free Trade
Rational arguments for an emotionally conducted debate
Sharon Tate Soberon / flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0
Geschäftsmäßige Suizidbeihilfe. Was folgt aus dem BVerfG-Urteil?
JEGAS RA / stock.adobe.com
Die neue europäische Industriestrategie
Rahmensetzung für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit oder strategische Lenkung?
Blue Planet Studio, stock.adobe.com
Inflation: Ein ordnungspolitischer Zwischenruf
Einordnung aktueller Maßnahmen zur Inflationsbekämpfung und zur sozialen Abfederung
Was den Erfolg deutscher Forschung in der Pandemie begründete
Forschungsministerin Karliczek resümierte mit Experten die Krisenbewältigung - und diskutierte Verbesserungsideen. Braucht Deutschland einen Pandemie-Rat?
Open Data ernst gemeint
Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung des rechtlichen Rahmens einer Informationsordnung
Adobe Stock / immimagery
An Unfulfilled Promise
Data That Could Have Prevented Lockdowns
Was die DSGVO braucht: Kohärente Umsetzung und innovative Instrumente
Ein Impuls zur Umsetzung der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Erfolgreiche Wissenschaftskommunikation
Wie sollen Gesellschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft interagieren?
pixabay/mauriciodonascimento/lizenzfrei
Stimmen die Rahmenbedingungen für den „wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs“?
Ein Problemaufriss der Rahmenbedingungen für junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland
How can innovation be made sustainable?
In order to achieve sustainability, we need more, quicker and better innovations.
Oliver Henze / flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 / creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/
Sustainable forest management
Sustainable forest management protects the most important ecosystem services in the forest and enables adaptation to climate change.
spuno, stock.adobe.com
Just Enough – The EU Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The Commission's draft is only useful as a diplomatic lever. A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) must be comprehensive and integrated into the global trading system.
kas
Fachkonferenz „Soziale Marktwirtschaft ökologisch erneuern“ – Teil II
David Brown / stock.adobe.com
Landwirtschaft und ländlicher Raum
Unsere Analyse untersucht die Bedeutung der Landwirtschaft für den ländlichen Raum
Navigator Nachhaltigkeit. Wandel durch Innovation
Mit unserem Projekt „Navigator Nachhaltigkeit. Wandel durch Innovation“ geben wir einen Überblick über spannende Innovationen für mehr Nachhaltigkeit
